Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-08-29

Curtis's Bay, a Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road resort in Anne Arundel county. Lii
ouor is openly sold there on Sunday and
gambling Of all kinds goes on uninter-
ruptedly. Besides there are many fights
and lately several shooting ARRAYS occur
d. II appears that this resort is chiefly
patronizcd by the rough element from
the city and the Anne Arundel authori-
ties are afraid to undertake to suppress
il. If the Herald can break up these
fragrant violations of the law il will have
accomplished great work.
The above extract from the Tow
son Union indicates that fear actu-
ates our authorities in keeping
quiet. As far as the sheriff is con-
cerned, his acts heretofore most
conclusively prove the contrary.
When the Italian laborers struck on
the Short Line Railroad our Sheriff
went there single handed, arrested
and brought away the ring-leaders
and QUOTED the disturbance. Again
when Dollman was arrested, with a
small posse he took an open boat
and rowed out to a dredger in the
stream, arrested him and brought
him to Jail. Fear isn't a constituent
Eof Sheriff Sellman's character. We
suggest to our neighbors that there
are other ways of killing dog be-
sides choking him to death with a
hot potato, and if they will all at
tend to home matters we apprehend
that Anne Arundel county can at
tend to her own affairs. The Bal
timore Herald says
The gambling is greater than ever, due
! to the assurance given to the gamblers by
the Anne Arundel authorities that they
would not modest them nor their little
| games; for the sheriff has said that the
/ county could motor would not-afford
] to make an outlay OF 81 900 to break up
! the gambling carried on to such a great
extent at Curtiss Bay So with the Sher
if on their side the gamblers gamble on,
reapin harvest of nickels and quarters
to say nothing of dollars every Sun
day
The Herald in saying "that the
sheriff has said that the county
could not or would not make the
outlay, ETC., places the matter as if
it was the sheriff's own doing. This
t is mistatement.
] he Sheriff CONSULTED his attor-
ney before the commissioners met,
who advised him to lay the matter
before the commissioners. This he
did, and was directed by tn EN- not
t. go to Curtis Bay-he has obeyed
the authority of the taxing power,
and without warrants there his du-
ties end. If the Towson Union
wants little matter for consider
alton near home-it might turn its
attention to the gambling at Her.
ring Run OH the occasion of races
tthere and to the continual cooking
''mains" at Canton and Cross Keys,
Baltimore county. The Herald has
been a first class advertising medium
for the gamblers. If its desire for
the punishment of these people had
been as great as it was to publish
semi sensational news-and had not
forewarned the gamblers there
would have been some chance of
their arrest. As it is these gamblers
nor use the wires here daily and
are informed of every move the
Sheriff makes.
We give the Herald the place of
the great reform paper of Baltimore
1t reformed the policy players to
the extent of arresting probably a
dozen negroes, and yet it goes on
daily right under their noses. 1t
has been reforming the Democratic
party for years, and still it exists.
Having failed in these much need
ed reforms it now gives its atten
ton to Anne Arundel county, but
we expect we will still hold our own
and get along as before. BY the
way we suggest to the Herald that
as the book makers in Baltimore
keep open house, they might do
some advertising for them.